Section 408 CrPC | Can a Part-Heard Trial Be Transferred to the Original Judge's New Court Within the Same Division? Answered: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that a Sessions Judge has the authority under Section 408 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to transfer a part-heard criminal trial to the new court of a judicial officer who has been transferred within the same Sessions Division, provided the new court has jurisdiction to try the case. The Court observed that such a transfer is legally valid when it helps the judge…
